• DocumentCode
    2866118
  • Title

    High average power generation of single-transverse mode MW-peak power pulses using 80-μm core Yb-doped LMA fibers

  • Author

    Cheng, Ming-Yuan ; Hou, Kai-Chung ; Galvanauskas, Almantas ; Engin, Doruk ; Changkakoti, Rupak ; Mamidipudi, Pri

  • Author_Institution
    EECS Dept., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Diffraction-limited nanosecond pulse generation with MW-peak powers and multi-mJ-energies has been explored using 80-mum core Yb-doped fibers, demonstrating 1-MW peak power pulses with 85-W of average power at 100-kHz and 1.56-MW peak at 50-Hz.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; optical pulse generation; ytterbium; LMA fibers; MW peak power pulses; high average power generation; single transverse mode; wavelength 80 mum; Diffraction; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Pulse shaping methods; (140.3070)Infrared and far-infrared lasers; (140.3510) Fiber lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627926
  • Filename
    4627926